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- Do you have sewing patterns spread all over the house? Have your kids started using them as coloring pages or walls for forts? Can you even find your sewing machine under all that mess?
Well here is a quick, easy, and CHEAP way to store your sewing patterns. For just $3, you can make a place for everything, so everything can be in its place.
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You crack me up every time! You're too much. Hey, I'm a chick - and I LOVE Duck Tape! (Have 4 brothers and the handiest Dad ever RIP) What a great idea - off to get the foam core, already have the world's largest roll of Duck Tape. God bless you and yours :)
Thanks so much Patricia!!
Not sure if anyone gives a shit but if you guys are stoned like me during the covid times then you can stream pretty much all the new series on InstaFlixxer. Been binge watching with my girlfriend these days xD
@Turner Tony yea, I have been watching on instaflixxer for since november myself :D
I’m a professional patternmaker and the best way most space saving way to store patterns is in a Manila envelope, or the ULine tykek ones for something prettier
You can fold your pattern and when needed again just iron the paper - no steam
I understand why you’d want to keep the paper flat but if you have hundreds of patterns the way you provided would be very costly and consume a lot of space.
Oh my god, that must be the best sewing related intro i've ever seen lol
HAHA thank you! You can see the full version here: th-cam.com/video/LeVhuNlN990/w-d-xo.html
I have transferred them onto poster board. Then I reinforce both sides with tape, and then punch a hole in that taped spot to hang them on a hook. Then I hang them on a clothing rack I got at Walmart. I only do that with patterns I use a lot. Like my favorite generic shirt pattern. Then I can use them over and over and they don't get thrashed. I write the pattern number and transfer all the markings and info to the tag board pattern.
I'm on a Dad Sews binge right now and I have to sew this is a GREAT idea! Storage is at a PREMIUM!
FootFrenzied Binge away!
Love this idea. I sometimes use pant hangers from Value Village and hang patterns in the closet
Cool idea!
DUDE. Totally impressed. Way to solve a maddening problem that a LOT of us have! Thanks!!!
Thanks Nickie. Glad I could help!
I love "The IT Crowd." I am a slacker, my patterns are still stored in the original envelopes. At one point I had slopers hanging from a clip hanger in my closet. I transfer modified patterns to poster board and trace them. Your foam board envelope idea might work well for storing those. Fun channel, I am glad I found you.
Thanks for stopping by. Watch out for FIRES AT SEA PARKS!
🌸 Dear God, I would need a whole other house to house my patterns if I stored them that way! HAHA! but for those special hand drafted ones, this is such a great idea. Thanks so mucj for sharing. 🌸
Thank you for the idea; as a newbie I'm always looking for ways to improve. I also like your video very much - on topic, clear, and easy to follow as opposed to some other videos! Best!
Lexi H thanks so much! I truly try to make the best video I can for you, the viewer.
Great idea but you need the air space around the fridge to keep the air flow good. Storing some place else is better. Thanks for sharing the idea.
Brilliant idea. I've been pondering this problem for all the new patterns I've gathered lately. Snap a bulldog clip on the ends and things don't slip out!
Great idea
I store mine folded or in a tube form. You just need to iron them back out and the lay flat again.
And they will iron especially well if you trace your patterns onto Pattern Ease!
OMG! I love this guy.....favorite line about kids finding patterns and then you have to kill them. Every parent's initial thought when they mess with our things. LOL
Mine is DON'T TOUCH MY SCISSORS!
Thanks so much!!
Good for you to sew for your daughter. I trace my patterns on those cheep plastic table clothes. Works fantastic easy to trace too
Great idea. Water proof as well!
I've heard that some people use plastic shower curtains.
Good idea! Never thought of anything even close to this.
It's never too late to learn something new! Thank you and Blessings to you.
You saved my life! I have started getting cranky with the way my husband and child walk over my patterns, push them into a pile and so on. Now I can make my patterns disappear altogether from their reach. Thanks!
Storage solutions never get old, please keep ‘em coming!!
Great video! The part about the children finding the patterns was especially hilarious!
I was just thinking about this the other day. So glad I saw this! I need to copy my patterns on to butcher paper (they are the thin tissue papers one from major pattern companies) and was wondering about storing them. This is the best (and cheapest) answer ever!
Glad it helped!
For patterns you find yourself revisiting a lot I suggest Bristol. I use this wonderful paper called Oaktag for my patterns. For school I had access to a rabbit punch to hang them- But I'm currently looking into other ways to hang them without access to a rabbit punch. Bristol/poster board is your friend for basic blocks if you get into drafting your own patterns too!
And by the way. I saved this video in my "odd but cool" folder😜👍🏼
Love this! Just started using larger patterns and was trying to think what to use for storage! Ty!
You're welcome!
Love this idea as I have to iron my patterns every time I want to use them. Love this idea will do this soon.
Tag me with some pics on IG or FBook when you do!
You could also have about 4 inches between the boards and tape them off to create a binder type unit. So when or if you are an avid sewer it will have room toward the bottom for additional patterns. Or you can use a quarter size hole punch into the brown paper and hang them. I usually lay them out on fabric and either pin or weigh them down and chalk them out and pick up the pattern re-hook and just cut into the fabric along the chalked lines.
Gotham Seoul Agreed! Great idea.
Love Dad Sews!!!! I discovered you trying to find interesting tutorials for my Fashion Design class. (my high schoolers love you!)
Rustina Sams Thanks so much! I kind of think that's the perfect audience for me hahahah. If you ever want to do a Skype session with your class, let me know. I'm also available for birthday parties (kidding). Also, it might be cool to feature your class in my brand new Sewists Spotlight series!
i love the intro, love the background decor, what an awesome youtube discovery!
Thank you!!!!!!!!
Yaaaasssssss!!!!! Thank you Dad Sews! I have just been pinning them to my wall...not enough space. This was my first video from you, consider me hooked!
What a great idea! I was brainstorming ways to store my growing stash of patterns neatly instead of just rolling them up. I'm off to make mine. Love your channel!
DAD SEWS!! This is soo awesome, thank you!!!
Just moved to a new house and this is going to be perfect. Thank you!
I just used two poster boards and stapled the edges together on three sides, then covered that in masking tape. It's what my art teacher in high school had us do to protect our art projects.
Smart art teacher you had there!
Ha ha...gotta love ya & your awesome videos! I am soooo gonna do this! My son is a duct tape addict...😜 Maybe I can get him to "tape me up a few of these"! 😂
YES! Have him help. That's a great project for kids.
I just found your channel! Your opening IS EVERYTHING - FREAKING HILARIOUS!! Subscribed. Definitely gonna binge this weekend! Thanks
OMG YES I love this channel!!!
Brilliant! Great Video. Subscribed. Fun to watch too thank you.
Thanks for stopping by!
I subscribed as soon as I saw your intro. Love it! I just started a sewing channel too and I have so much tech stuff to learn! Great job!
Sooooo good idea. I am going to put it in practice. TY.
Fold it up or roll it up, store in tube or freezer bag. Iron the pattern (without steam). That's how I learned in school
Great idea and I like your style. I'm like you: always dropping stuff, knocking stuff over etc. And just laugh and keep going. Sometimes you can find foam core at art supply recycling places. They'll have somebody else's poster on one side, but so what?
Like a previous person commented, I use Swedish pattern paper from Amazon - besides all the strength issues noted, it FOLDS easily and I buy the large manila envelopes from Dollar Tree ( 5 for $1), label them and store my copied pattern pieces in them. If I can get to a copy machine, I will copy the pattern envelope and tape it to the manila one as well. I keep a larger wire basket to hold all my big envelopes, next to the bins for my regular patterns.
You’re awesome! Love the pattern storage!
Thanks Janice!
Oh my gosh could you be any more hilarious! Thank you so much for this wonderful method!
Thanks for the kind words Kalee!
Light weight Pellon works even better, and it’s easy to mark on them with a laundry marker, then fold them up, and put away, when taken out to use you can iron all the wrinkles out of it! It will forever!
i love the sew fail repeat thing :)) and the it crowd poster omg! just found this channel and already love it!
i usually fold patterns to A4 format and then iron them on lowest heat before using
Best idea I've seen!
I live in an RV. tension rod across the back of my 4.5 foot clothes closet. British pattern hooks (or shower hooks, whatever) hang all pieces of one pattern together.
Yessss I need to do this! Until I find a flat file cabinet. I continue to search on marketplace!
LOVE your IT Crowd poster!!!
Thanks so much! Moss for Pres
I print my pattern, use it, and usually discard it. no storage problem.. If I think I will want to use the same pattern again, I cut it out of pattern tracing paper (non woven cloth, "red dot" or such. It takes much less room and stores in a zip lock baggie. If I have discarded the pattern and later decide I want to make it again, I print and assemble another copy. Still easier than storage.
I just tried to buy an art portfolio but they don't come large enough. Then I thought "maybe I can make my own with wood or posterboard." Then I found your channel! Much cheaper and easier!
Hahahah. I’ve never seen a video by you before but I subbed just for that hilarious dad sews intro. You have a beautiful family.
Thank you so much! Glad to have you drop by.
NEW SUBBIE!!!!! I LOVE DAD SEWS!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
I wasn't sure where you were going at first but I stayed with you and I like it! To tell the truth, I almost missed the building part of your demonstration because I was so stunned by the tri-fold thing. I have one of those in my closet right now. Can it be so simple? And has it been there all along? I had to shake myself out of dream before I could pay attention to the rest.
I also happen to have black Foam Core in my closet just waiting for a purpose! The other things I have are duct tape and a bunch of unruly patterns that need to be wrangled. I'm gonna get to work right now.
I particularly like the thought of including dividers. Do you think including a spine at the fold might allow for more space?
That could add a bit more room. i was aiming for thin.
I have taken this idea very seriously and have been using it very effectively in my work space. I do a lot of repeats certain patterns, often in multiple sizes. These patterns need to be readily available yet out of the way. Most importantly they need to be cared for properly. This method of organization was literally a perfect fit for my process and my space. I now have all my regular patterns in 4 foam core folders (all black of course 😉). I can fit several patterns in each folder if I separate them with a sheet of news print. I am able to stack mine flat because my cutting table has the perfect space underneath where I can slide them in like cookie sheets into the oven. There's room for dozens more in there too. It's a perfect use for an otherwise difficult space.
Since viewing this video it has become a pleasure to look through my patterns and finding the one I am looking for has never been easier. They're also in better shape and easier to work with than before in the two weeks since I started storing them this way.
I can't thank you enough for this gem!
Thanks. I am going to use this idea for patterns, stencils, and paint samples!
Office Space....nice!
Great idea! You are so right about not wanting the pattern pieces to curl or fold.
My question is how are you going to know which pattern is stored in which portfolio? It's going to be a pain in the neck to try to find them unless you figure out how to label the folders.
Thank you for this idea.
Most welcome!
Very clever idea
LOVE this idea, Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
Hey, iron your pattern. I iron mine all the time when they have creases and fold marks also my rolls of paper lay flat when ironed. low setting. you will be amazed how this works. so now I make Large envelopes to store my folded patterns.
You can buy 32 x 40" foam core board at Hobby Lobby.
For commercial patterns, I use comic short boxes and bag and board the patterns like a would for comics. For big patterns you might be able to score an old blueprint cabinet (draftman's cabinet/plan cabinet) for a reasonable price.
I use artist's vellum to trace patterns. I fold my vellum and store it in a big ziplock bag with my original pattern. Sometimes I iron the traced pieces before cutting out the fabric. 😁 You are right about rolling up the traced pattern being a "bad idea"! Vellum "remembers"!
Sewing in Trifocals - Alison Defrese awesome tip!
Great idea ! Awe duck tape wonderful
Thanks Patty!
Love this idea. Thanks for sharing.
Yesterday I was thinking How am I goning to store my patterns?
as soon as I open YT your video was recommended to me.
thank you
mayrajscortes PERFECT! Always great to hear
That’s brilliant!
Thanks, I will be using this for method for sure. Great videos.
Brenda Douglas 00
Thanks for the idea! I subscribed. :)
Awesome, thanks Clara!
Love it! Thanks.
Cute family!!!
Thankfully most of my patterns are digital....so many things to organize in sewing area....adding this to the list!
Thank you!
I love it for keeping them together and uncreased, but what if you have a ton of patterns that you use often? my weekly use patterns probably number in the 20-40 range...should I just put 2-3 per cardboard contraption?
Runs to Dollar Tree
Great idea and if you do multiple patterns you could put the picture of the pattern on the outside so you know what's in it. #ductapeftw
SUPER idea!
Love ur idea & I will be making one of those
Awesome Sandra! They work GREAT!
Great idea!
Thanks Christianne. (close naming buddies)
Ahhhh great idea!!!! Thanks!
I appreciate your style. However, I sew, fail, curse, repeat. ;)
Thank you! I would too if the camera wasn't rolling hahahahaha!
That was my mother, ha ha...
Good ideas
Great idea
Thank you!
You're a riot love your videos and it's ok to make mistakes catcha latter👁
Also, WHERE did you get that IT Crowd poster??
Google IT CROWD NES Game
Hello... I just found your channel and this storage pattern... great idea... thank you. Btw... have you any idea how to store leather or vinyl... #Greating from Indonesia....
Thanks! I would probably store it on a roll, the way you'd find it in a store. I definitely would not fold/crease it. You also need to make sure it isn't stored somewhere where it will dry and crack.
Good luck!
I use clothes hangers with clips.They hang flat and each pattern is labeled, easy to find.
Nice, but I use a four draw file cabinet. But this is good to.
I like Swedish tracing paper.
LadyWeasel haven't heard of that before.
I hadn't until a couple of weeks ago. It comes in a roll and you can... are you ready for this?! Sew it, wash it, iron it!!! 😎
I got mine off of Amazon.
LadyWeasel I will definitely check it out.
I love Swedish tracing paper too folds neatly into Manila folders and can be pressed before using
great idea.
Thanks!
I would do this, but I have a folding table on the side of my refrigerator in my very small apartment
great idea!
Thanks RD!
i fold mine and put them in 9x12 envelopes.
But straightening/ironing them is so frustrating!
Gotta love dollar tree
I have 4 kids. I LIVE for Goodwill and dollar Tree.
A blueprint cabinet might work...if you can an affordable one. And still, you might need some folds.
Great idea!
They won't slip in there when you put beside your fridge? They'll stay laid open and flat? I hang mine on hangers but I am running out of room - thank you!
Under the bed!
It's been 15 seconds. I'm subscribed. Congrats.
nice!
Dad said derrière. 😁